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The Pennsylvania Convention Center

Jun 14, 2026 7:00 AM - Jun 18, 2026 3:00 PM

1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

DIA 2026 Global Annual Meeting

Paying Fair: Regulatory and Ethical Challenges in Research Participant Compensation

Session Chair(s)

Kelly  Fitzgerald, PHD

Kelly Fitzgerald, PHD

Executive IRB Chair and Vice President of IBC Affairs

WCG , United States

We will share case examples and trends from 24,000 records, analyze ethical challenges involved in paying participants, and discuss how protective policies or administrative practices can result in unjust treatment.

Learning Objective : Review the ethical considerations governing payment to research participants; Evaluate the potential for institutional and administrative policies to inadvertently create unjust treatment of research participants; Apply the Belmont Principles of Beneficence and Justice to real-world cases involving payment to research participants and propose strategies for ethical decision-making.

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